[Old Sarge]

The Eleventh Hour.
The Eleventh Day.
The Eleventh Month.

There is hardly anyone alive who remembers.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

My Dad fought in WWI - was wounded Sept, 1918 - German machine gun wound in the left leg - Argonne-Meuse campaign.

Spent a year in hospitals, in France and Carlisle,PA

Discharged Dec, 1919. Received a final payment of $64.00 total for his service. No GI Bill for the "Doughboys." But he was awarded a Purple Heart when the medal was designated in the 30's. I still have the medal.

Many records were destroyed by a fire in the War Dept, but I was able to get lots of information about his service and injury.

He never talked about the war. But he read "In Flanders Fields" to me when I was little. I'm not sure why, but it made me cry.

God bless you, Dad.

[NorthMountain]

The last US WWI veteran (Frank Buckle) died a year or two ago in West Virginia.